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本帖最后由 StephenW 于 2014-11-26 01:51 编辑
Oxford Journals
Medicine & Health
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume 59, Issue 12
Pp. 1714-1723.
A Randomized, Open-Label Clinical Study of Combined Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a (40KD) and Entecavir Treatment for Hepatitis B “e” Antigen–Positive Chronic Hepatitis B
Qing Xie1,
Huijuan Zhou1,
Xuefan Bai2,
Shuhuan Wu3,
Jian-Jie Chen4,
Jifang Sheng5,
Yao Xie6,
Chengwei Chen7,
Henry Lik-Yuen Chan8, and
Mianzhi Zhao9
+ Author Affiliations
1Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
2Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shanxi Province
3The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan
4Shanghai Shuguang Hospital affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
5The First Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
6Beijing Ditan Hospital
7People's Liberation Army 85 Hospital, Shanghai
8Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
9Roche Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Shanghai, China
Correspondence: Qing Xie, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Bldg 36, 197 Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China ([email protected]).
Abstract
Background. Treatment with pegylated interferon (peg-IFN) alfa-2a (40KD) results in hepatitis B “e” antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion 6 months after treatment in up to 36% of HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients. This study explored the efficacy of a novel combination of peg-IFN alfa-2a and entecavir (ETV), a potent nucleoside analogue.
Methods. In total, 218 treatment-naive Chinese HBeAg-positive patients were randomized to peg-IFN alfa-2a (180 µg/week) for 48 weeks, either as monotherapy (n = 72), or with 24 weeks of ETV (0.5 mg/daily) added at week 13 (ETV add-on, n = 73), or pretreatment with a 24-week course of ETV, starting peg-IFN alfa-2a at week 21 (ETV pretreatment, n = 73). The primary endpoint was reduction in quantitative HBeAg from baseline to 24 weeks posttreatment.
Results. Significant reductions in HBeAg from baseline were achieved in all treatment groups 24 weeks posttreatment; reductions were comparable across treatment arms (shown as log10 Paul Ehrlich international units [PEIU]/mL): monotherapy: −1.4 (SD, 1.8); ETV add-on: –1.6 (SD, 1.8); ETV pretreatment: –1.3 (SD, 1.7). Rates of HBeAg seroconversion were similar across treatment groups posttreatment (monotherapy: 22 [31%]; ETV add-on: 18 [25%]; ETV pretreatment: 19 [26%]). Significantly greater reductions of hepatitis B virus DNA were achieved with ETV add-on while on treatment, but were not sustained posttreatment. Safety profiles were comparable between treatment groups; adverse events were experienced by 62 (86%) monotherapy, 65 (89%) ETV add-on, and 58 (81%) ETV pretreatment patients.
Conclusions. Neither ETV add-on nor ETV pretreatment demonstrated superiority compared with 48 weeks of peg-IFN alfa-2a monotherapy. The optimal treatment strategy using nucleos(t)ide analogues and peg-IFN alfa-2a remains to be determined.
Clinical Trials Registration. NCT00614471.
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